Sex differences in single muscle fiber power in older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Krivickas, Lisa S ^a   Fielding, Roger A ^b,c   Murray, Angelique ^a   Callahan, Damien ^b   Johansson, Andreas ^a   Dorer, David J ^d   Frontera, Walter R ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Contractile properties; Myofiber; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 30344443381     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000180357.58329.b1     Document Type: Article

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